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markets. This approach explains a variety of features exhibited in disaggregated trade data, including the higher productivity … industry and firm productivity. …
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markets explain both productivity differences and firm density. Estimating structural model parameters is simple and relies on … model, we find that labor markets which provide cost advantages explain substantial differences in firm productivity …
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This paper develops a model of trade that features heterogeneous firms, technology choice and different types of skilled labor in a general equilibrium framework. Its main contribution is to explain the impact of trade integration on technology adoption and wage inequalities. It also provides...
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. Consequently, trade does not always increase firm-level aggregate productivity as negative shocks on the home market can be …
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neoclassical theories, the results show that even a small difference in the ex-ante productivity distribution between North and …
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How well does the theory of the firm explain the choice between intrafirm and arms' length trade? This paper uses firm-level import data from France to look into this question. We find support for three key predictions of property-rights theories of the multinational firm. Intrafirm imports are...
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firms, and the fact that larger firms supply more products than smaller firms, implies that standard productivity measures … are not independent of demand system assumptions and probably dramatically understate the relative productivity of the …
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technology distribution. By shifting the productivity distribution upwards, selection on productivity causes technology diffusion … and this complementarity generates endogenous growth without scale effects. On the balanced growth path, the productivity …
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elasticity and multiple asymmetric regions, in which trade integration induces wage and productivity changes. Using Canada … productivity. Given the estimated parameter values, we first decompose border effects into a pure border effect, relative and … Canada-US border on regional market aggregates such as wages, productivity, markups, the mass of varieties produced and …
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identify the determinants of within-city changes in air pollution concentration between 2005 and 2011. Increasing car and … population densities significantly reduce air pollution concentration in city centers where air pollution induced health risks … favour of (ii). We also observe a complex relationship between income and pollution concentration as well as a general …
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